DRUM-TAPS
By Walt Whitman
CONTENTS
[ FIRST O SONGS FOR A PRELUDE. ]
[ FROM PAUMANOK STARTING I FLY LIKE A BIRD ]
[ SONG OF THE BANNER AT DAYBREAK. ]
[ RISE O DAYS FROM YOUR FATHOMLESS DEEPS. ]
[ BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE. ]
[ AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH. ]
[ BY THE BIVOUAC'S FITFUL FLAME. ]
[ COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER. ]
[ VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT. ]
[ A MARCH IN THE RANKS HARD-PREST, AND THE ROAD UNKNOWN. ]
[ A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM. ]
[ AS TOILSOME I WANDER'D VIRGINIA'S WOODS. ]
[ YEAR THAT TREMBLED AND REEL'D BENEATH ME. ]
[ GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN. ]
[ OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC A VOICE. ]
[ THE ARTILLERYMAN'S VISION. ]
[ ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLOURS. ]
[ AS I LAY WITH MY HEAD IN YOUR LAP CAMERADO. ]
[ LO, VICTRESS ON THE PEAKS. ]
[ SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE. ]
[ TO THE LEAVEN'D SOIL THEY TROD. ]
NOTE
The Introduction is reprinted, by permission, from The Times Literary Supplement of April 1, 1915.